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Jared Leto accused; Glen Hansard dies at 56
Four women accused Jared Leto of criminal sexual conduct — including a 2002 motel bathroom assault on a 17-year-old, a 2013 sexual-assault threat against a 19-year-old in London, and statutory rape in
Hockney's 'Contrejour' Captures Style He Was About to Break
An examination of David Hockney's print "Contrejour in the French Style," depicting a Louvre window he encountered in 1973, reveals the artist's meticulous Renaissance-inspired technique on the eve of
A Street Musician at Heart
Oscar-winning Irish singer-songwriter Glen Hansard, who left school at 13 to busk on Dublin's streets before rising to fame through the 2007 film Once, has died at 56, leaving behind an unfinished alb
The Inbetweeners Reunion Movie in Works at Netflix
Netflix is developing a reunion movie for the British teen comedy "The Inbetweeners," with original lead cast members understood to be attached, though final deals are still pending.
Gregg Araki on sex, film and queer resistance: ‘All the terrible shit in the world is because of sexual repression’
Gregg Araki's new film 'I Want Your Sex' opens on 700 US screens this week, marking the largest release of his 40-year career and a rare wide platform for an indie provocateur with starrier casting th
Andrew Sean Greer on Comic Novels
Pulitzer-winning novelist Andrew Sean Greer, in a Guardian essay tied to his new novel Villa Coco, makes the case that comic novels succeed only when authors first reckon honestly with tragic material
Singapore bans Massive Attack over Palestinian flag
British trip-hop band Massive Attack has been permanently barred from performing in Singapore after two members unfurled a Palestinian flag on stage during a concert, breaching the city-state's strict
FLO Release 'Therapy at the Club' After Creative Leap
British R&B trio FLO release their second album "Therapy at the Club," a record they say reflects their most authentic selves after taking full creative control of songwriting, production and arrangem
‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Leaks Online: Millions Watched Bootleg Before It Was Taken Down
A high-quality bootleg of "Spider-Man: Brand New Day" was posted to X and reached 5.9 million accounts before being taken down — yet the film still shattered preview box office records with $72 millio
Juliette Lewis On If ‘Cape Fear’s Crystal Or Max Is “More Psychopathic,” Martin Scorsese’s Lasting Support & Season 2 Hopes: “We Will See”
Juliette Lewis discusses her return to the Cape Fear universe 35 years after her breakout role, now playing Max Cady’s sister Crystal in Apple TV+’s series adaptation, revealing her character’s shocki
Jeff Wadlow on Making 'The Devil's Mouth' Shark Film
Director Jeff Wadlow walks Variety through the grueling, almost entirely waterlogged production of 'The Devil's Mouth,' a one-location freshwater-cave shark thriller starring Kathryn Newton and Lana C
Galliano Named Subject Of 2027 Met Exhibition And Gala
The Metropolitan Museum of Art named John Galliano as the subject of its spring 2027 Costume Institute exhibition 'Horizons' and the accompanying Met Gala, making him just the third living designer to
Pierce & Woods on Raising Kanan Deaths: 'Who's Crackle?'
Power Book III: Raising Kanan's penultimate episode killed off three characters — Marvin, Snaps, and Pop — with real-life couple Wendell Pierce and Erika Woods revealing Juke murdered their characters
Tom Corson Named WMG COO as CFO Armin Zerza Departs
Tom Corson has been promoted to Chief Operating Officer of Warner Music Group, while CFO and COO Armin Zerza steps down effective immediately for personal reasons with SVP Lou Dickler named acting CFO
Major Guggenheim Show Traces Origin and Legacy of Pop Art
The Guggenheim Museum has opened "Guggenheim Pop: 1960 to Now," a 45-work survey tracing the origin and legacy of Pop Art across three floors, but a critic argues the exhibition strains to assign the
Acclaimed Welsh artist Kevin Sinnott dies aged 78
Kevin Sinnott, one of Wales' most acclaimed contemporary painters known for "Running Away with the Hairdresser," has died at the age of 78.
Judge Sends Drake Stake.us Lawsuit to Arbitration
A federal judge paused a lawsuit accusing Drake and streamer Adin Ross of using Stake.us to artificially inflate streams of Drake's music, ruling plaintiffs agreed to binding arbitration when they sig
Phish Closes Five-Night MSG Run With Early-Nineties Throwback
SiriusXM's Phish Radio host Jonathan Schwartz recounts a three-decade love affair with the band, anchored by Phish's five-night Madison Square Garden stand that recreated their early-Nineties setlists
Dermot Mulroney Leaving ‘Chicago Fire’ in Season 15
Dermot Mulroney is exiting NBC's "Chicago Fire" early in Season 15, ending his two-season run as Chief Dom Pascal on the heels of a Season 14 cliffhanger involving a burning warehouse with a collapsin
Hold the front page! Marilyn Monroe is Dakota Johnson’s ninth cousin three times removed
Genealogy firm MyHeritage has revealed that Dakota Johnson, who plays Marilyn Monroe in Maggie Gyllenhaal's Venice-bound short 'Flesh Impact,' is Monroe's ninth cousin three times removed through 17th
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